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Rashaya Citadel

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Under the French Mandate, on 11 November 1943, the arrest and imprisonment of Lebanese national leaders in the citadel was ordered by Commissioner Jean Helleu, delegate general of the Free French authorities, and carried out by
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surrounded the fort and its French legionnaires under Captain Granger until French reinforcements arrived.
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Lebanon Atlas - Rashaya: Tourism in Lebanon, Lebanon Touristic Sites, Rachaya al Wadi, Rashayya
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soon relented. On November 22, 1943, the prisoners were released. That day was declared the
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rocked the area as 3,000 Druze under the command of
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33°30′00″N 35°50′30″E / 33.5000°N 35.8418°E / 33.5000; 35.8418
Rashaya
Lebanon
Shihab dynasty

Lebanon
palace
Shihab family
French Mandate
Lebanese Armed Forces
Rashaya
Taim Valley
Canaanite
Great Druze Revolt
Zayd Beg
Free French
Bechara El Khoury
president
Lebanon
Riad El-Solh
prime minister
Salim Takla
Camille Chamoun
Adel Osseiran
Abdelhamid Karameh
France
Lebanese Independence Day
Thirty years of Lebanon & Syria, 1917-1947
The Formation Of Modern Lebanon

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